Personality, elegance and precision is what has classified
Baume et Mercier watches since its beginning in 1830.
After more than 170 years of creative and distinguishable
watch making, the company continues to modernize its
watches and appeal to the public. Every year there are a
plethora of stylish watches available for men and women
with several different models to choose from.
It all started when Louis Victor and Pierre-Joseph-Celestin
Baume found the "Freres Baume" trading entity in the Les
Bois Village in 1830, which lies within the Swiss Jura
Mountains. From there a dynasty took off among this family
that had already been making watches for several years.
In 1834, members of the Baume family founded the Societe
Baume Feres in Le Bois. At first the family targeted
enameled pocket watches, but it soon branched off into a
large company with great diversity. In 1844, Joseph
Celestin Baume traveled to England to set up business
relations. It was this trip that helped diversify the
company and spread their watches across Europe. Soon
after, watches signed "Waterloo," "Diviko" and "Sirdar"
opened markets in Australia and New Zealand.
In the early 1880's the second generation of the family
headed the company into more modernized watches.
Louis-Victor's son, Alcide Eugene headed the Swiss firm
while Alcide's brother, Arthur Joseph was managing the
London branch. Their elegance and precision was rewarded
in 1893 as their watches won the timing competitions at the
Kew- Teddington Observatory. The watches scored 91.3 out
of 100 possible.
The turn of the century saw new and exciting things for the
company beginning in 1912. It was in 1912 that William
Baume met the watchmaker and jeweler Paul Mercier at the
Geneva watch and jewelry shop in Haas. This meeting
between the two would eventually lead to a signing for the
establishment of Baume and Mercier in Geneva on November
26, 1918.
The agreement amongst the two proved to be an extremely
smart and successful one in years to come. Just three
years later in 1921 the company was rewarded again, this
time by the coveted Poincon de Geneve, which was the
official recognition of flawless quality products.
After World War II the company shifted its focus to
conventional men's watches, chronographs and ladies'
jewelry watches. In 1965 the Piaget family took control
over Baume et Mercier outbidding international competition
and that same year the new owners switched to electronic
tuning fork movements.
Currently, Baume et Mercier just opened a store in
Switzerland in 2004 and has made a name for itself as a
trendsetter. Continuous production and modernization in
watches such as the Riviera, which was released in 1980,
has kept the company alive and strong over 170 years later.
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